Tory MP Andrew Bridgen suspended from the Commons over ‘cavalier’ attitude to lobbying rules

MPs have agreed to suspend Tory MP Andrew Bridgen after he was found to have displayed a “very cavalier” attitude to the rules in a series of lobbying breaches. The North West Leicestershire Tory MP will be suspended from the Commons for five sitting days from Tuesday. Bridgen, a backbencher should have told ministers and officials [...]